A Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument was inaugurated on November 3 in Cambodia’s northeastern province of Ratanakiri which borders Vietnam’s Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Standing Vice Chairman and General Secretary of the National Council of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland Nhem Valy, Governor of Ratanakiri Thon Savun and Vietnamese Defense Attaché to Cambodia Colonel Nguyen Anh Dung.

Vietnam-Cambodia friendship monument

Addressing the ceremony, Governor Thon Savun expressed deep gratitude to the Party, Government, people and voluntary soldiers of Vietnam who have shed blood to help save the Cambodian nation from genocide.

For his part, Colonel Nguyen Anh Dung said the inauguration of the monument demonstrates the traditional friendship and solidarity between the two countries and nations, which have been fostered by many generations.

He thanked leaders of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland and the administration, armed forces and people of Ratanakiri for their active role in building the monument.